Trident Audio SC2 500 Optical Compressor
500-series stereo optical compressor, Joemeek SC2 lineage
Compressor / Limiter$600Manufacturer list price
Specifications
- Type
- Compressor / Limiter
- Description
- 500-series stereo optical compressor, Joemeek SC2 lineage
- Topology
- optical (electro-optical gain cell), analog
- Signal path
- Analog
- Channels
- 2
- Channel format
- stereo
- Form factor
- 500-series module (occupies 2 slots)
- Frequency response
- <10Hz-40kHz (-3dB)
- Impedance (Ω)
- Input 15kΩ
Details
Controls: Threshold (-15dBu to +22dBu), 4 slope settings (3:1/4:1/5:1/8:1), adaptive attack (1-20ms) and release (0.1-3s), input and make-up gain
I/O: XLR balanced connections; input impedance 15kΩ
Notable use: Recreation of the vintage Joemeek SC2 optical compressor (Joemeek brand IP now held/produced by Trident Audio/PMI Audio Group) in 500-series form
Notes: FLAGGED - price shown is a sale/promo price of $599.99, marked down from list price $799.99 (basis: site 'sale' price at time of research, not confirmed as permanent MSRP). This is Joemeek-lineage, not Series-80/A-Range lineage - it is the closest current match to the task's requested '79 compressor' 500-series module, but no product literally named '79 compressor' exists in Trident's current catalog - flagged naming discrepancy.